Sentence examples for for pet causes from inspiring English sources

BERKELEY is famous for pet causes.

But those same politicians still fight to keep Pentagon cash for pet causes, home districts and nods towards protectionism.

Some of the rest goes on energy research, but that still leaves plenty for pet causes, from endangered species to public transport.

Related: Read the second batch of Prince Charles's letters in full The latest set of letters, covering the period 2006 to 2009, shows the prince lobbying once again for pet causes.

"We will not hijack science for pet causes while suppressing it when it doesn't fit a political agenda," Perry said.

At least since Zola's "J'Accuse," public figures have turned to the open letter for the promotion of pet causes and the airing of grievances.

Rupert Hoogewerf, whose Hurun Report compiles annual lists of China's wealthiest people and biggest philanthropists, said he expected other entrepreneurs to introduce similar ventures for their pet causes, with much bigger loads of cash, in the not too distant future.

As a result he often cannot secure extra Treasury funds for his pet causes - such as free museum access - or get the job he desires, probably in a large spending department.

He is not shy about confronting the powerful to plead for his pet causes: in 2003 he followed former President Bill Clinton into a men's room at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to grab a minute of private time.

Now Ms. Mallis, 51 and aggrieved to publicize it, is an executive director three times over: of the council; of the CFDA Foundation, which has raised $30 million to date for its pet causes, AIDS and breast cancer; and of 7th on Sixth Inc., the company that credits itself with turning New York City into an epicenter of haute style with its tented fashion shows in Bryant Park.

Mr Donohue seems to have realised that the more of them he unveils, the more companies will feel that they have in the Chamber a champion for their pet causes.When he arrived, only a quarter of Fortune 1,000 companies were members, with many of them paying paltry dues.